• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.222-229
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• 2016

Corni fructus is often distributed or processed in the form of dried fruit. However, Corni fructus is hard to develop due to its distinctive sour, bitter, and astringent taste. The aim of this study was to develop a puree to broaden the utilization of fresh Corni fructus. Manufacturing and quality characteristics of Sansuyu jam made from puree were investigated. Seeded Corni fructus pulp consisted of 20 to 26% whole fruit. The moisture and sugar contents of pulp were 52~63% and $15{\sim}31^{\circ}Brix$, respectively. Sterilized distilled water was added to seeded pulp to achieve a constant solids content in the puree. As the pectin content was low as $0.14{\pm}0.01%$, gelling agent was added to produce jam. The moisture content of the puree increased to 83~88%. The sugar content was reduced to $10^{\circ}Brix$. There was no significant difference in pH. DPPH radical scavenging activities of the puree according to ripening rate at a concentration of 100 ppm were 47.92% and 50.96%, respectively. The preference degree was $5.03{\pm}0.97$ at a ripening ratio of 50:50, 2% pectin, and 0.2% carrageenan. These results imply that Corni fructus pulp puree may be appropriate for development as a natural food product.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.191-202
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• 2003

A growing interest in health has been leading to more interest in function of food rather than its taste and nutrition. Usually we think chemical-free or oriental food to be good for health. Yaksun is a food with herbal stuff, which reflects our desire for health and longevity and China's splendid food culture. It is based on the traditional medical thought of the Orient that both medicine and food have the same origin. Yaksun is a traditional functional or nourishing food with both nutritive and medicinal elements, which therefore provides such effects as epicurean pleasure, prevention of diseases and improvement of health. It is recorded that in China there was a dietitian in the royal court from the period of Seoju(B.C. 11∼7), who was responsible for supervising and controlling the health, nutrition and disease of an emperor. Therefore, herbal food has a very long history. Currently, there are many Yaksun stores in Japan and Taiwan as well as China, which are one of popular tourist destinations. Basically Yaksun follows the theory of the Oriental medicine. Yaksun is categorized into four(cold, cool, hot and warm) according to its temperature and into five basic tastes(bitter, sweet, pungent, salty and sour). Yaksun has the functions such as preventing diseases and aging improving internal organs, and healing diseases. In China many colleges of medicine have a department of Yaksun studies through which systematic researches have been being made since a long time ago. For Korea, the discipline of Yaksun studies is still at the beginning stage. To respond to a growing interest in health and prevent chronic adult diseases, it is required to develop a functional food by establishing a systematic theory of Yaksun and making more researches into it.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 1991

This study was conducted to examine the effect of the addition of calcium acetate and/or potassium sorbate on the characteristics of kakdugi(Korean seasoned pickles of cubed radish roots) fermented at $20^{\circ}C$ for 4 days or more. The sensory characteristics, pH, titratable acidity, non-volatile organic acids and texture by Instron were measured. The results of sensory evaluation on kakdugi stored at $20^{\circ}C$ for 4 days indicated that firmness, toughness, crispness, sour taste and overall desirability were increased by the addition of calcium acetate. Potassium sorbate was evaluated to decrease the sourness. Titratable acidity, pH and the amount of non-volatile organic acids were higher in samples containing calcium acetate than in other ones. Compression test with Instron gave the similiar result to sensory evaluation in the measurement of firmness. Calcium acetate and potassium sorbate showed synergistic effect greatly on the textural characteristics on kakdugis.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.8-15
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• 1997

For an effective use of fish by-products from the skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) canning manufactures, the changes of chemical properties of skipjark tuna viscera silage by the processing method during storage were investigated. The acid treated skipjack tuna viscera silage (ASS) were higher in the contents of moisture, lipid, protein and mineral but lower in the contents of carbohydrate and polyunsaturated fatty acids than those of fermented skipjack tuna viscera silage (FSS) by L. bulgaricus, KCTC 3188 and L. plantarum, KCTC 1048. Especially, the contents of total n-3 fatty acids in FSS increased remarkably during storage. The dominant amino acids in ASS and FSS were glutamic acid (Glu), aspartic acid (Asp), leucine (Leu), glycine (Gly) and alanine (Ala). And the contents of tryptophan (Trp) decreased by $30\%$ in ASS and $5\%$ in FSS in comparision with that of raw skipjack tuna viscera after 42 days of storage. The concentration of vitamin $B_1\;and\;B_2$ in FSS increased gradually during storage but the concentration of vitamin $B_2$ in ASS decreased. In the organoleptic evaluation, ASS gave a grayish brown color and a fishy odor. On the other hand, FSS had reddish brown color and sour taste by the production of lactic arid during storage.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.201-206
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• 1998

This study was conducted to determine the changes in the contents of vitamin C and reducing sugars of wheat flour and glutinous rice pastes added Kimchi during fermentation. Kimchi was fermented at 10$^{\circ}C$ for 14 days. Sensory evaluation of various Kimchi samples were also conducted. During fermentation, pH decreased in the order of wheat flour paste added Kimchi (WHFP-Kimchi), glutinous rice paste added Kimchi (GLRP-Kimchi) and control. Total acidity increased in the same order The contents of total vitamin C of all Kimchi samples decreased. Total reducing sugar contents of Kimchi juices from various samples decreased in the order of WHFP-Kimchi, GLRP-Kimchi and control. In sensory evaluation, the red color of Kimchi juice decreased in the order of control>WHFP-Kimchi>GLRP-Kimchi. Off flavor decreased control>WHFP-Kimchi>GLRP-Kimchi. Firmness decreased control> GLRP-Kimchi>WHFP-Kimchi. Sour tate decreased WHFP-Kimchi>Control>GLRP-Kimchi. But there were no significant difference in crispiness, ans salty taste. Overall prefernce decreased GLRP-Kimchi>control>WHFP-Kimchi.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.777-782
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• 2003

This study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of mulberry fruit seolgidduk. Four percent additions of mulberry were evaluated as the most suitable concentration for seolgidduk, in order to improve the color of gum metal gray and sour smell. Therefore, in order to improve the preference, citric acid was added. The acidity of mulberry fruit seolgidduk increased and its pH decreased significantly by increasing the amount of citric acid. The moisture content of mulberry fruit seolgidduk showed no significant difference between the groups with added citric acid and the control group. The L value decreased as the citric acid concentration increased. Color a and b (Ed-define 'a' and 'b') values increased significantly by increasing the mont of citric acid. The hardness, cohesiveness, springiness, gumminess and brittleness decreased as the citric acid was added. From the sensory evaluation, mulberry fruit seolgidduk with 0.01％ citric acid added was the most preferred in taste, chewiness and overall acceptability. These results indicated that mulberry fruit stolgidduk with 0.01％ citric acid added showed the best quality.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.150-157
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• 1980

In an attempt to evaluate the quality of food by sensory testing, the difference testing for commercial milk was conducted by selected members of a sensory panel. The results were summarized as follows: 1. Sensory panel of 40 persons were selected by the general basis of selection of panel members, by sensitivity test for primary taste, and by discriminatory ability test and trained to have normal abilities on the sensory testing for the quality of milk. 2. As a result of sensitivity test for 4 primary tastes by panel members, the solution concentration of salt, sour, bitter and sweet for which average recognition threshold was located were 0.0128 M sodium chloride, 0.0008 M citric acid, 0.0016 M caffeine and 0.0256 M sucrose, respectively. 3. As results of difference test of single stimuli, paired comparison test, duo-trio test and triangle test, a significant difference was recognized at higher level than the 1% among the samples of commercial milk produced by 5 companies.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.228-234
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• 2002

In this paper, we proposed a preparation of Jeung- pyun (Korean fermented steamed rice cake with sour taste and spongy texture) using fuzzy theory. Before this preparation was introduced, it thoroughly analyzed the existing data of Jeung-pyun preparation with sensory evaluation and instrumental measurement. It defined a membership auction of Fuzzy set by analyzed three sorts of data on Jeung-pyun. And it established the Fuzzy model using the quantity of materials as input, such as rice, flour, wheat flour and fermentation time, and the sensory test scores as output, such as grain, softness, sourness, chewiness, overall quality, pH value and volume, respectively. We got the results that the Fuzzy model was accord with the conventional method with sensory evaluation. And the validity of this method is shown through the computer simulation of the test data. Therefore, the proposed method by Fuzzy model will apply to make Jeung-pyun without sensory evaluation. This study will contribute to develop standard preparation for korean foods and expert system of preparation using computer system.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.598-605
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• 2005

Effects of chitosan-ascorbate(CA) and calcium lactate(CL) on fermentation and quality of squid sikhae were investigated CA and LA were added at $0.5\%$ (designated CA1 and CL1) and $1.0\%$(CA2 and CL2) concentrations, respectively and fermented for 12 days at $10^{\circ}C$. pH of CA-added sikhae was higher than that of control, while acidity of the former was lower than that of the latter. During 12 days of fermentation, CA-added sikhae showed higher protease activity than control by $2.3\~2.6$ times and CL-added sikhae by $2.8\~3.6$ times. At 12 days of fermentation, CA-added sikhae revealed higher protease activity than control by $1.2\~1.4$ times and CL-added sikhae by $1.5\~1.9$ times. CA-added sikhae also showed higher amino-nitrogen content than control by $1.4\~1.7$ times and CL-added sikhae by $1.9\~3.5$ times. In comparison of CA1 with CA2, CA2 showed all higher pH, protease and amylase activity, and amino-nitrogen content than CA1. In analysis of electrophoresis, molecular weights of major proteins in ~w squid were $116.9\~119.0$, 96.5 and 59.3kDa. However, after fermentation for 12 days, a protein band of 119.0kDa disappeared but a new protein band with below 14 kDa appeared in sikhae, especially CA-added sikhae. In sensory evaluation, the intensity of sour taste was the highest for control and the lowest for CA2. Softness of squid was the highest for control and the lowest for CA2. Overall acceptability was the best for CA2. In conclusion, these results suggest use of $1\%$ CA in sikhae preparation as addition of CA(CA2) increased the protease and amylase activity, nitrogen content of amino form, sensory acceptability as well as shelf-life of sikhae.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.25 no.7
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• pp.757-764
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• 2015

The immature fruit of Rubus coreanus Miquel (bokbunja in Korean) is mainly consumed as a fruit wine due to its sour taste and low sugar content. The lees (LBW) remaining after the production of bokbunja wine are discarded as they have no specific usage. The aim of this study was to develop high-value-added biomaterials for functional foods and beauty/health products by investigating the anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, and anti-thrombosis activities of LBW using ethanol and hot water extracts and their subsequent organic solvent fractions. The ethyl acetate (EA) fraction of LBW extracts has a high polyphenol content (413–459 mg/g), and showed strong anti-microbial activity against gram-positive bacteria. The EA fraction also showed excellent radical-scavenging activity against DPPH anion, ABTS cation, and nitrite, with strong reducing power. The polyphenol-enriched EA fraction strongly inhibited thrombin, prothrombin, and blood coagulation factors. The butanol fraction showed a specific inhibition of coagulation factors, as measured in activated partial thromboplastin time assay, which is linked to intrinsic blood coagulation. The butanol fraction also showed strong inhibition of platelet aggregation, at levels comparable to aspirin. The residue of the hot-water extract, which is produced by sequential solvent fractionation of the LBW extract, showed superior inhibition against platelet aggregation when compared to aspirin. Our results suggest that the LBW, which are currently discarded, are a promising source of novel functional foods and beauty/health products.